Hello,

The Children's Museum has a temporary part-time Cataloguing Assistant
position available for 14 weeks, beginning in mid-September for 14 hours
per week (these hours must be worked between Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm.
Evening or weekend work is not possible).  Please see below for a
description of the position and instructions on how to apply if interested.

Sincerely,

Kathy Willis
Human Resources Generalist
The Children's Museum
Boston, MA

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TITLE: Cataloguing Assistant  DATE: August 13, 2003

POSITION DESCRIPTION:
Reporting to the Collections Manager, the Cataloguing Assistant will be
assisting with a grant-funded cataloguing project.  Responsibilities will
include handling, measuring and photographing museum artifacts; writing
descriptions, filling out condition reports and catalogue worksheets, and
entering same data on computer database; using digital camera and
manipulating digital images on computer; some minimal registration and
conservation tasks such as writing museum numbers on objects and tags, etc.

QUALIFICATIONS:
Minimum 2 years college-level study of anthropology, material culture,
museum studies or related field or equivalent.  Some object-handling
experience preferred, as well as a background of collecting and managing
object-related data in a museum setting.  Experience with digital
photography preferred.  Must be comfortable working with computers, in
particular Microsoft Office applications and possess good typing skills as
well as the ability to write concise descriptions.


Please send letter of interest and resume by mail to: The Children’s
Museum, Attn: Human Resources, 300 Congress St, Boston MA 02210; by fax to
617.423.3213 or by email to [log in to unmask]

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